Blog 30 Mar 2015 Western “Civilization” or Lessons on History and a Blind Eye WN: Another now-and-then article. An excerpt: We Westerners live in a civilization of vaunted global human rights and universal equality.… No Comments
Blog 29 Mar 2015 Jarhead, Montréal Shooting Spree, and Western Civilization It was while descending from a hike up Elk Mountain in the eastern Fraser Valley of British Columbia that someone… No Comments
23 Apr 2019 Fatal Discord Erasmus, Luther, and the Fight for the Western Mind Book Review of: Fatal Discord Erasmus, Luther, and the Fight for the Western Mind WN: My friend Ron Dart sent… No Comments
Blog 28 Sep 2021 Engelhardt, A Hellfire World By Tom Engelhardt photo above: 'THEY ARE ALL DEAD': Harrowing leaked footage shows US drone strikes in Afghanistan as pilot… No Comments
Blog 08 Aug 2020 Life Under the Bomb Means a Life of Resistance Published on Thursday, August 06, 2020 by Common Dreams by Rev. John Dear photo above: "Our message over the years… No Comments
Blog 20 Mar 2015 The Bombs of August 1945 image above: wm.org.uk WN: This was written by Howard Zinn. You may also find it here. The bombing of Hiroshima… No Comments
Blog 09 Jul 2024 Rediscovering Spiritual Roots: WN: This was done for a double issue of a U.S. journal, called The Justice Professional Volume 11,… No Comments
Blog 07 Jul 2024 Easter Song and Reflections on the Resurrection ***NOTE: Please check out the footnotes for additional, more detailed commentary. Also, there are poetry and songs in the final… No Comments
Blog Attendees came from 18 different nations. 08 Apr 2024 Rwanda Dispatches May 18 to July 12, 2018 At 30 years on to this day, April 7, 2024, the Rwanda Genocide broke out, that saw more than 1… No Comments
Blog 18 Mar 2023 Christian Pacifism and Its Cultured Naysayers ***NOTE 1: Many footnotes add detail and background to the text.*** ***NOTE 2: The PDF academic version is here.*** WN:… No Comments
Blog 08 Nov 2022 The Quiet Part is Very Much Out Loud: Conservative Publication Calls For Embrace of Totalitarianism By Annika Brockschmidt November 7, 2022 WN: Christian Nationalism, according to this article, is now in the conservative mainstream. This… No Comments
Blog 12 Oct 2022 Thoughts On: The GOP Is a Cultish, Destructive Fascist Organization—Not a Legitimate Political Party Thom Hartmann October 12, 2022 image above: WN: This is indeed tragic for our neighbours to the south; and Why… No Comments
Blog 14 Sep 2022 Long Live Imperialism?!–Thoughts On: Queen Elizabeth II and The End of Britain’s Imperial age By Ishaan Tharoor, with Sammy Westfall Email photo above: akdenizpazar.com WN: While true that Queen Elizabeth "was perhaps not privy… 1 Comment
Blog 21 Jun 2022 Reflections On: Opinion Doug Mastriano’s unhinged ‘Nazi’ claim signals deeper danger ahead By Greg Sargent, Columnist June 2, 2022 image above: thedispatch.com WN: The U.S. has become increasingly unhinged--thanks in significant part… No Comments
Blog 09 May 2022 The Mumbai Bombs, July 2006 July 12, 2006 Dear Editor: Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peter MacKay predictably was the pot that called the kettle… No Comments
Blog 28 Mar 2022 Capitalism and Racism WN: We have been studying an excellent book in this discussion group: How to Have an Enemy: Righteous Anger and… No Comments
23 Mar 2022 Apocalypse Now!: A Revaluation of the Thought of Ivan Illich Brother John, Taizé In his masterful and comprehensive study recently published by Penn State University Press, Ivan Illich: An Intellectual… No Comments
Blog 15 Mar 2022 Reflection on: John Mearsheimer on why the West is principally responsible for the Ukrainian crisis Mar 11th 2022 by John J. Mearsheimer image above: Dan Williams WN: I recently sent out to several people an… No Comments
Blog 16 Nov 2021 Paper and Story: “The Sex Offender as Scapegoat” John 12:20 - 33; John 11:49-52: 49But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to… No Comments
Blog 23 Oct 2021 Going “Inside the Effort to Create a ‘Christian Nationalist’ Internet” Jack Jenkins October 20, 2021 WN: What more is there to say? The subtitle of a book by Kristin Kobes… No Comments
Blog 20 Oct 2021 Legacy of Shame: October 19, 2021 by Kenn Orphan photo above: Photograph Source: Reagan White House Photographs – Public Domain WN: Saint Augustine… No Comments
Blog 05 Sep 2021 9/11 was a test: Essay by Carlos Lozada Illustration above: by Patrik Svensson Sept. 3, 2021 WN: Below are excerpts from an outstanding essay… No Comments
Blog 16 Aug 2021 Empire or Humanity? By Howard Zinn Posted on August 15, 2021 image above from the Movie Poster: The Fall of the American Empire… No Comments
Blog 28 Jul 2021 Concerning Life by David Cayley June 12, 2021 photo above and to the right (clickable): Cover of David Cayley’s new (massive) book… No Comments
19 Jul 2021 Front Page Augustine recounts this story of Empire: The king asked the fellow, “What is your idea, in infesting the sea?” And… No Comments
Blog 12 Jul 2021 “The Apocalypse Has Begun”: by David Cayley January 2, 2016 WN: This is a highly instructive essay. There is much on my website about… No Comments
Blog 12 May 2021 Why Canada’s special forces ‘shadow army’ is still fighting ISIS By Adnan R. Khan May 11, 2021 photo above: Spec Ops Magazine WN: In short, Canada’s Special Operations Regiment (CSOR),… No Comments
Blog 08 May 2021 Return the National Parks to the Tribes Story by David Treuer May 2021 Issue Editor’s note: This article is part of a new series called “Who Owns… No Comments
Blog 01 May 2021 Trump’s Secret Rules for Drone Strikes Outside War Zones Are Disclosed By Charlie Savage May 1, 2021 photo above: Targeted killings away from conventional war zones have been a central feature… 3 Comments
Blog 28 Apr 2021 Opinion: Prolonged solitary confinement is torture. It’s time for all states to ban it. Opinion by Tammie Gregg and Donna Lieberman April 28, 2021 at 5:00 a.m. PDT image above: Julie Lai for The Washington… No Comments
Blog 26 Mar 2021 Restorative Justice: Peacemaking Not Warmaking; Transformative Justice: Penal Abolitionism Not Prison Reform by Wayne Northey for The Kenarchy Journal, Volume 2. image above: cccu.org PLEASE NOTE: Below are excerpts of my paper… No Comments
Blog 16 Dec 2020 Jesus Was a Victim of Empire. Acknowledging This Should Transform Christianity. Jesus Was a Victim of Empire. Acknowledging This Should Transform Christianity. By Christine Mungai, Truthout Part of the Series: Religion's… No Comments
Blog 31 May 2020 Cornel West Says ‘Neo-Fascist Gangster’ Trump and Neoliberal Democrats Expose America as ‘Failed Social Experiment’ WN: Please see in light of the title this outstanding article by Canadian Wade Davis: The Unraveling of America. 1.… No Comments
Blog 12 Oct 2019 Why this ‘genius’ scholar is mapping out the world’s largest jail system photo above: Kelly Lytle Hernández, who received the MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, views prison abolition through the eyes of rebels Fri… No Comments
Blog Ron Dart, amongst many scholarly pursuits and prolific writing, is an enthusiastic mountaineer! 26 Mar 2019 The Journey to the East by Herman Hesse (1956): Part I/The Journey to the East: Part II WN: My friend Ron Dart is a prolific writer with wide-ranging subjects and invariably demonstrable wisdom. These two reflections again… No Comments
Blog 13 Feb 2019 The case for capping all prison sentences at 20 years The case for capping all prison sentences at 20 years America’s prison sentences are far too long. It’s time to… No Comments
Blog 07 Feb 2018 The Doctrine of Discovery, Manifest Destiny, and American Exceptionalism Posted on July 21, 2015 by christian hegemony Challenging Christian Hegemony Practical tools for recognizing and resisting Christian dominance WN:… No Comments
Blog 18 Dec 2017 Erasmus: Wild Bird WN: I had the privilege of editing, copy-editing, writing the Foreword, and publishing on Amazon/Kindle, Ron Dart's excellent book on… No Comments
Blog 10 Nov 2017 Pope Denounces ‘Mentality of Fear’ Caused by Nuclear Regimes, Urges Disarmament Published on Friday, November 10, 2017 by Common Dreams At a seminar at the Vatican, Pope Francis praised the U.N.'s… No Comments
Blog 12 Sep 2017 On 9/11: How We Hyped Terrorism and Slighted the Real Threat: Climate Change SEP 11, 2017 Juan Cole is the Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan and… No Comments
Blog 21 Aug 2017 The Fundamentalists Holding Us Back from a Climate Change Solution The evangelical Christian movement has been at war with environmentalism for decades—but the stakes have never been higher. By ALLIE… No Comments
Blog 16 May 2017 Select Bibliography of Key Restorative Justice Works Select Bibliography of Key Restorative Justice Works Compiled by Wayne Northey WN: Today, I updated a bibliography, especially weighted towards… No Comments
Blog 13 Apr 2017 Restorative Justice Then, Now and A Dream WN: A massive body of Restorative Justice literature has emerged. A superb early study is Restoring Justice (Strong and Van… 2 Comments
Blog 14 Feb 2017 For America’s Sake, We Need Answers about Russia. Now. Why we must now ask famous questions that so bedeviled Richard Nixon: What did Donald Trump know and when did… No Comments
Blog 29 Mar 2015 The London Bombs, July 2005 By Wayne Northey July 9, 2005 Dear Editor: Prime Minister Tony Blair hypocritically called the London bombings “barbaric attacks.” On… No Comments
Blog 29 Mar 2015 Boycott Chicken! This again a now-and-then piece. An excerpt: I told him of an organization in America that marched annually in a… No Comments
Blog 21 Mar 2015 A Modest Proposal Lite WN: Another now-and-then article. An excerpt: In Western civilization, logic and ethics are usually mutually exclusive, while ideology and ethics… No Comments
Blog 13 Mar 2015 All Allied/NATO Political Leaders Since World War II are Racist and Nepotistic WN: The rest of the title reads: (and so are their supporting constituents); OR: Tell Me it Isn’t So, and… No Comments
Blog 26 Feb 2014 Restorative Reintegration Sixth International Conference on Restorative Justice, “Best Practices in Restorative Justice”, June 1, 2003 photo above: reintegrationaustralia.com.au An excerpt: For… No Comments
